Introduction

Those looking for a Vietnam destination that’s great for families should consider Hoi An — it’s easy on the wallet, offers loads of outdoor activities, beautiful beaches and boasts plenty of ... Read more.

In an ideal world, breaking a Hoi An stay in two, with a few days at the beach and a few in town, seems like the perfect solution. But what most travellers don’t realise is that Hoi An’s Cua Dai ... Read more.

Hoi An

Most guesthouses and hotels in Hoi An are within easy walking distance of the central historic quarter but relatively few are within its immediate confines, and these ones are very overpriced. While central Hoi An is home to some tasteful options for midrange tourists, backpackers seeking to pay US$7-10 will need to bunk down a good 10-minute walk from the river. The town already sees too many package tours and prices reflect this -- in low season you may be able to bargain your lodgings down a little, but in high season, you'll struggle.

Best of both worlds

1 Pham Hong Thai St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 4555; F: (0510) 391 4515

Anantara Hoi An (formerly the Life Resort) is a spacious resort at the northern end of Hoi An town. Already very popular, this previously Dutch-owned property -- part of the Life Resort chain -- was ... Read the full review of Anantara Hoi An Resort.

A large and charming garden hotel

6-8 Phan Boi Chau St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 386 3126; F: (0510) 391 4280

Set at the far eastern edge of Hoi An, the Ha An is an attractive and charming hotel set around a carefully manicured garden. Rooms are in a two-storey building, designed to look like an old Hoi An ... Read the full review of Ha An Hotel.

Popular backpacker spot

680 Hai Ba Trung St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 6232; F: (0510) 391 6800

With a cheery proprietor, comfortable rooms and great rates, Dai Long Hotel is a deservedly popular backpacker favourite. The cheapest rooms, in the middle, lack a window and are a bit small and ... Read the full review of Dai Long Hotel.

Watch your mouth!

39 Tran Cao Van Street, Hoi An
T: 0510 3916 757; F: 0510 3916 699

The Phuoc An (be careful how you pronounce this one — it’s “fou an”) is a little gem of a hotel. A modern take on the Chinese-style architecture that Hoi An is famous for, by day it hides its ... Read the full review of Phuoc An Hotel.

Real rural living

03 Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Hoi An
T: (0510) 392 9459;

Pulling up outside the cheery blue three-storey family home Vesper Homestay with its windows flung open to views of far flung paddy is reward enough for the amount of trouble you will have finding ... Read the full review of Vesper Homestay.

An excellent, quiet, under-$20 place to stay

45 Le Quy Don St (corner Tran Hung Dao), Hoi An
T: (0510) 916 579;

Peeking out from behind a courtyard decorated with colourful French cafe-style tables and chairs, bright red umbrellas and a frangipani tree, Hoi An’s Hoang Trinh Hotel is an excellent, quiet, ... Read the full review of Hoang Trinh Hotel.

Bijou

95 Nguyen Truong To, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 5995;

B’Lan House is a quirky relatively new budget build with bags of old character set in a big garden, a slow 10-minute stroll from the lantern-strewn alleyways of old town Hoi An and two minutes from ... Read the full review of B'Lan House.

Imposing but well done

If you are one of those travellers with a tendency to lose your bearings, the towering Thanh Van 2 with its illuminated rooftop sign screams “I’m here!”, making it an easy hotel to find your ... Read the full review of Thanh Van 2 Hotel.

Characterful building but unenthused staff

30 Phan Boi Chau St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 386 2116; F: (0510) 3914 597

Located in a quiet part of town to the east of the market, this quaint little hotel offers decent midrange accommodation. Rooms are spacious and clean with a stylishly traditional look, although ... Read the full review of An Huy Hotel.

Good value

46 Ba Trieu St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 6339;

This mini-hotel is a cheap option a 10-minute walk from the centre of Hoi An, and attracts a steady trickle of budget travellers. Most rooms are small and sparsely furnished, with big beds almost ... Read the full review of Phuong Dong Hotel.

Classic Hoi An charm

143 Tran Phu St, Hoi An
T: (510) 3861 621;

You might just recognise this beautiful wooden Chinese trading house from the iconic Michael Caine film, The Quiet American. From the outside, it oozes old world charm, with red silk ... Read the full review of Vinh Hung 1 Hotel.

A bit of a mixed bag

96 Ba Trieu, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 6277;

Rather a mixed bag, the 24-room towering midranger Vinh Hung 3 sits behind a veil of tumbling bougainvillea on the outskirts of Hoi An on backpacker-popular Ba Trieu Street, a five-minute walk to the ... Read the full review of Vinh Hung 3 Hotel.

Pool in the lobby

696 Hai Ba Trung St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 3916 838; F: (0510) 3916 839

The words 'swimming pool' appear right under the hotel's name on their business cards, and if you walk into the lobby from the back entrance on Ba Trieu St, it'll be the first thing you see. Okay, ... Read the full review of Hoa Binh Hotel.

One of the better budget hotels

712 Hai Ba Trung St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 386 3715; F: (0510) 391 6779

Not that you’d notice it from the dark Chinese-style reception, but the Thanh Binh 2 has had a spot of renovation work. Gone are the super low beds, heavy orange-tinged furniture and dark ... Read the full review of Thanh Binh 2 Hotel.

Basic budget deal

103 Ba Trieu St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 386 3153; F: (0510) 391 6986

The Hop Yen's business card boasts that they're located in the old town centre but we're not sure which old town they're referring to, as they're a good 10-minute walk from Hoi An's centre. The hotel ... Read the full review of Hop Yen Hotel.

Great midrange value

52 Ba Trieu St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 6330; F: (0510) 391 6209

The Thien Nga Hotel is a great midrange option, providing far more modernity and comfort than other similarly priced hotels in the area. The recently renovated hotel now oozes charm and they seem to ... Read the full review of Thien Nga Hotel.

Cua Dai Street

Cua Dai Street runs for around six kilometres from Hoi An town out to the long Cua Dai Beach. It isn't really a great location -- it's a bit of a hike from town and also rather far from the beach -- but with the shopping and restaurant theme overspilling from the old town and the ease of biking from A to B, it's not such a bad place to be.

Special!

The colonial-meets-temple stark white architecture of Muca Boutique Resort suggests something quite special lies amid its landscaped gardens – and it does! Just 36 rooms and two perfectly formed ... Read the full review of Muca Boutique Resort.

As boutique as Hoi An gets

Unit 3, Thanh Tay, Cam Chau, Hoi An
T: (0510) 392 4797;

Peacefully perched between paddy and a river, the two-storey, family-run Rock Villa stands as an eco-inspired architectural wonder. Built with local products, the 10-villa homestay sits among ... Read the full review of Rock Villa .

Fabulous

544 Cua Dai, Hoi An
T: (84) 0510 3862231;

The striking French colonial façade of the Cua Dai Hotel sits well back from Hoi An’s busy Cua Dai Road, sheltered by a beautifully manicured, walled tropical garden which gives a tantalising hint ... Read the full review of The Cua Dai Hotel.

Excellent value with best dorm rooms in town

397 Cua Dai Street, Hoi An
T: (0510) 393 9838; F: (0510) 393 9828

The welcoming Sunflower Hotel’s sparkling white exterior perfectly matches both its accommodation and staff. Set slightly back from busy Cua Dai Street midway between the sandy ... Read the full review of The Sunflower Hotel.

A charming riverside resort

175 Cua Dai Rd, Hoi An
T: (0510) 386 4800; F: (0510) 386 4900

The location of Hoi An Riverside isn't exactly convenient -- it's neither walking distance from the beach nor the old town. Thankfully, they make staying here worth the extra travel time. This ... Read the full review of Hoi An Riverside Resort.

Set in a beautiful tropical garden

377 Cua Dai St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 392 3377; F: (0510) 392 3477

Made up of multi-storey houses scattered through lush tropical grounds around an inviting pool, Ancient House has finally had a much needed makeover, giving the resort a more boutique feel. One of ... Read the full review of Ancient House Resort.

Out of the way, but great value

Thon 5, Cam Thanh, Hoi An
T: (0510) 393 3933;

If you don’t mind the slightly out of the way location, Hoa Su, a five-villa resort located next to the river on Cam Thanh, makes for a serene, top-range retreat away from the madding Hoi An ... Read the full review of Hoa Su Villa Resort.

You’d be hard pushed to find fault here

489 Cua Dai Rd, Hoi An
T: 0510 3916 499; F: 0150 3929 489

With its grand French colonial facade, classic wrought-iron balconies and art deco lines, you’d be right to think there was some serious design clout behind Hoi An’s newest boutique offering, ... Read the full review of Vaia.

Out of town escape

161 Tran Nhan Tong St., Hoi An
T: (0510) 392 4165; F: (0510) 392 4175

A tangle of tropical climbers all but envelope the entrance to the aptly named Betel Garden Homestay, where six single-storey, ancient-house styled villas and the Vuon Trau family ... Read the full review of Betel Garden Homestay.

Dated rooms , decent pool

538 Cua Dai St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 391 4444; F: (0510) 391 4445

The Glory Hotel is a bit of an oddity -- it’s as if the owners have taken all their design inspiration for each area from the worst of the 80s and thrown them all together. Everything in the ... Read the full review of Glory Hotel.

Cua Dai Beach

Cua Dai Beach runs for eight kilometres from the Cham island ferry port north to An Bang beach, on the coast down from Da Nang. With its rough-grained, white sand and proximity to restaurants on and near the beach, Cua Dai has long been popular with daytrippers from Hoi An. A growing selection of flash resorts are however springing up along the beach, catering to those who need a few days to really relax. They've created, it seems, a fair amount of coastal erosion in their wake and have fenced off large areas of beach for hotel guest use.

Big, secluded, luxurious

Cua Dai Beach, Hoi An
T: (84) 0510 393777; F: (84) 0510 3937778

Head down to the Cham Island ferry point along the Cua Dai Road in Hoi An and you can’t fail to miss the futuristic, towering white and glass exterior of the five-star Sunrise Hotel ... Read the full review of The Sunrise Hotel.

An Bang Beach

Half way to An Bang

02 Phan Dinh Phung St, Hoi An
T: (0510) 3937899; F: (0510) 3921899

The domineering, brand spanking new Sunshine Hotel sits midway between An Bang beach and the old town; from here it’s a good 20-minute walk to either, but that’s okay because every guest gets a ... Read the full review of The Sunshine Hotel.

Quirky style

An Bang Beach, Hoi An
T: (84) 0906 660309;

This time a month ago there was only one place to stay on An Bang Beach in Hoi An; now there are six, and three of those make up An Bang Seaside Village, which has been very quirkily styled around ... Read the full review of An Bang Seaside Village.

Family friendly

An Bang Beach, Hoi An
T: (0913) 005 214;

A terracotta-tiled roof and a bunch of banana trees sitting behind a cheerful blue stripy gate are pretty much the only clues you’ll need to track down family-friendly An Bang Beach House, sitting ... Read the full review of An Bang Beach House.

An Hoi islet

Silk lanterns twinkling on the river

The traditional yellow-fronted, wooden-shuttered frontage of the Long Life Riverside Hotel blends in so well with Hoi An‘s ancient town ethics that it’s very easy to discount this as yet another ... Read the full review of Long Life River Hotel.

Cham Island

Bohemian

Chong Beach, Cham Island
T: (0169) 753 7712;

There’s something undeniably bohemian about Garden Hills Ecological Lodge. Carved entirely out of jackfruit wood, with a wrap-around balcony perfectly positioned for soaking up sunsets and a ... Read the full review of Garden Hills.

Further afield

Old school by the beach

Approaching Ha My TT Guesthouse from the road you’d be forgiven for mistaking this friendly little guesthouse for a Soviet-era bomb shelter. But if you continue down the red brick road to the ... Read the full review of Ha My TT Guesthouse.

Secluded stunner

If we were to tell you that beyond the rickety wooden plank bridge and signposted tree at the entrance to Le Domaine stood 12 whitewashed, thatched villas, a sand-floored chill-out lounge and a ... Read the full review of Le Domaine De Tam Hai.